The author covers a period of interesting change in the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia when the community was beginning to adjust to the fact that their new home states had replaced what they had previously seen as their motherland, China. Between the 1960s and the Deng Xiao Ping era, China took a back seat in this process, but as China opened up it too had to recalibrate its policies towards the diaspora, which was no longer dependent on China, but had its own interests that did not necessarily coincide with China's plans. 230 pages. For further details, please see the scanned contents page.

Weight 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia

Published by Singapore University Press. 1986. First edition ISBN: 9789971690922

Condition: Very Good Paperback. The cover has faint signs of tanning as do the page edges. Otherwise the binding is tight, the text is clear and there is no tanning throughout.